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If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you it requires self-discipline it imposes great responsibilities but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.
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Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.
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When I look at him [Edward Heath] and he looks at me, I don't feel that it is a man looking at a woman. More like a woman being looked at by another woman.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.
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Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
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Peace is hard work and we must not allow people to forget it.
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If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
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